Food intake at a subsequent unrestricted meal: molecular mechanisms & dependencies

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Oat beta-glucan increased feelings of fullness and satiety but did not affect energy and amount eaten at the ad libitum test meal, and there was a treatment by time interaction for plasma GLP-1, plasma insulin and blood glucose, with GLP-1 significantly reduced at 90 minutes, blood glucose at 30 minutes and plasma insulin at 30 and 60 minutes following the oat beta-glucan breakfast compared with the control breakfast, so four grams of high molecular weight oat beta-glucan lowers appetite but not ad libitum eating and beneficially modulates postprandial glycaemia, it does however not increase plasma GLP-1 secretion.
Oat mixed-linkage beta-(1->3)/(1->4)-glucan → Glucagon-like peptide 1 / GLP-1 source_derived_draftungraded
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evidence_span
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experimental_model
Randomised double-blind crossover trial in 33 normal-weight subjects with an unrestricted test meal
exposure
A breakfast containing 4 grams of high molecular weight oat beta-glucan against a control breakfast
limitations
An acute crossover in normal-weight subjects. Fullness and satiety rose without any change in what was actually eaten afterwards.
nutrient_topic
Beta-glucan research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and each preparation is recorded as its own entity with no family link joining any pair. · Beta-glucan
organism
Human
plain_language
People felt fuller and ate the same amount, and the gut hormone usually credited for fullness went down, not up.
primary_references
[bg-p29920323] Effects of oat β-glucan consumption at breakfast on ad libitum eating, appetite, glycemia, insulinemia and GLP-1 concentrations in healthy subjects. (2018). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29920323/ DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.06.019
tissue_or_cell_type
Postprandial circulation and appetite
Beta-glucan: a structural family rather than an agent, what decides whether a bound glucan actually signals, the complement route that a cereal and a yeast preparation share, and the unequal human evidence behind each (2026-09-22) · lines 593–604
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Randomised double-blind crossover trial in 33 normal-weight subjects with an unrestricted test meal · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### bg-satiety-rises-but-glp1-falls Oat beta-glucan increased feelings of fullness and satiety but did not affect energy and amount eaten at the ad libitum test meal, and there was a treatment by time interaction for plasma GLP-1, plasma insulin and blood glucose, with GLP-1 significantly reduced at 90 minutes, blood glucose at 30 minutes and plasma insulin at 30 and 60 minutes following the oat beta-glucan breakfast compared with the control breakfast, so four grams of high molecular weight oat beta-glucan lowers appetite but not ad libitum eating and beneficially modulates postprandial glycaemia, it does however not increase plasma GLP-1 secretion. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Beta-glucan research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and each preparation is recorded as its own entity with no family link joining any pair. plain_language: People felt fuller and ate the same amount, and the gut hormone usually credited for fullness went down, not up. organism: Human tissue_or_cell_type: Postprandial circulation and appetite experimental_model: Randomised double-blind crossover trial in 33 normal-weight subjects with an unrestricted test meal limitations: An acute crossover in normal-weight subjects. Fullness and satiety rose without any change in what was actually eaten afterwards. exposure: A breakfast containing 4 grams of high molecular weight oat beta-glucan against a control breakfast evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/glucan-research/29920323.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "8038ec81d42b26e4b4892cd24cd0ce26597ba28ef57296a90062428f6ecbceb4", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1413, "text_sha256": "8038ec81d42b26e4b4892cd24cd0ce26597ba28ef57296a90062428f6ecbceb4"} [bg-p29920323] Effects of oat β-glucan consumption at breakfast on ad libitum eating, appetite, glycemia, insulinemia and GLP-1 concentrations in healthy subjects. (2018). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29920323/ DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.06.019
Complete structured claim and evidence
Compared with the control cereal, 4 grams of oat beta-glucan significantly reduced glucose incremental area under the curve at 78 compared with 135 mmol x min/L and insulin at 14.0 compared with 26.8 nmol x min/L and delayed gastric emptying half-time to a geometric mean of 285 minutes compared with 105 minutes, effects not seen after the beta-glucanase-treated arm of the same dose, while subjective appetite, PYY and ghrelin responses were similar to control and pizza intakes at a subsequent unrestricted meal were not significantly different.
Viscosity developed by a solubilised glucan → Human gastric emptying time source_derived_draftungraded
Experimental context and source evidence
availability_state
biomarker_context Imported condition classification; unverified.
evidence_span
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experimental_model
Double-blind randomised crossover trial in 28 participants with gastric emptying, appetite hormones and an unrestricted test lunch
exposure
Breakfast meals matched for weight, energy and macronutrients containing 2 or 4 grams of oat beta-glucan, or 4 grams treated with beta-glucanase to reduce molecular weight and viscosity
limitations
The beta-glucanase arm is the control that isolates viscosity. The trial was designed around food intake as the primary endpoint and found no effect on it.
nutrient_topic
Beta-glucan research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and each preparation is recorded as its own entity with no family link joining any pair. · Beta-glucan
organism
Human
plain_language
The intact polymer held the meal in the stomach nearly three times longer; the same dose chopped up did nothing.
primary_references
[bg-p31828287] Increasing oat β-glucan viscosity in a breakfast meal slows gastric emptying and reduces glycemic and insulinemic responses but has no effect on appetite, food intake, or plasma ghrelin and PYY responses in healthy humans: a randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. (2020). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31828287/ DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz285
tissue_or_cell_type
Stomach and postprandial circulation
trigger_kind
biomarker_context Imported condition classification; unverified.
Beta-glucan: a structural family rather than an agent, what decides whether a bound glucan actually signals, the complement route that a cereal and a yeast preparation share, and the unequal human evidence behind each (2026-09-22) · lines 580–591
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Double-blind randomised crossover trial in 28 participants with gastric emptying, appetite hormones and an unrestricted test lunch · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### bg-viscosity-slows-the-stomach Compared with the control cereal, 4 grams of oat beta-glucan significantly reduced glucose incremental area under the curve at 78 compared with 135 mmol x min/L and insulin at 14.0 compared with 26.8 nmol x min/L and delayed gastric emptying half-time to a geometric mean of 285 minutes compared with 105 minutes, effects not seen after the beta-glucanase-treated arm of the same dose, while subjective appetite, PYY and ghrelin responses were similar to control and pizza intakes at a subsequent unrestricted meal were not significantly different. Condition category: biomarker_context nutrient_topic: Beta-glucan research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and each preparation is recorded as its own entity with no family link joining any pair. plain_language: The intact polymer held the meal in the stomach nearly three times longer; the same dose chopped up did nothing. organism: Human tissue_or_cell_type: Stomach and postprandial circulation experimental_model: Double-blind randomised crossover trial in 28 participants with gastric emptying, appetite hormones and an unrestricted test lunch limitations: The beta-glucanase arm is the control that isolates viscosity. The trial was designed around food intake as the primary endpoint and found no effect on it. exposure: Breakfast meals matched for weight, energy and macronutrients containing 2 or 4 grams of oat beta-glucan, or 4 grams treated with beta-glucanase to reduce molecular weight and viscosity evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/glucan-research/31828287.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "983ae8675d933c4292f9f20059e93db94587b9a570fbfb602f5921f5bd7edd70", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 2204, "text_sha256": "983ae8675d933c4292f9f20059e93db94587b9a570fbfb602f5921f5bd7edd70"} [bg-p31828287] Increasing oat β-glucan viscosity in a breakfast meal slows gastric emptying and reduces glycemic and insulinemic responses but has no effect on appetite, food intake, or plasma ghrelin and PYY responses in healthy humans: a randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. (2020). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31828287/ DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz285
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Food intake at a subsequent unrestricted meal